REVISED SERIES CALIFORNIA SCHOOL BOOKS.

Edited By W. H. V. RAYMOND.

NEW

THIRD READER.

PREPARED BY

MARY W. GEORGE and ANNA C. MURPHY,

UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE

STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION.

That

But have you ever rightly considered what the mere ability to read means?
it enables us to see with the keenest eyes, hear with the finest ears, and listen to the
sweetest voices of all time? - Lowell.

SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA.

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